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Providence Journal Editorial Endorses Volcker Rule
February 23, 2010 – 4:22 pm

Rhode Island’s Providence Journal just released this Editorial supporting “the Volker Rule.”  It says:
Wall Street should not again earn fortunes through reckless investing while loading the risks onto taxpayers. It’s time for new rules for …

New York Times: Modest Reform Won’t Do It
February 22, 2010 – 11:03 am

A recent editorial in the New York Times talked about the need for sweeping financial reform in order to effectively deal with the nation’s economic problems, and the hurdles that reform legislation must face as …

CNN Opinion: Tax Wall Street to Create Jobs on Main Street
January 28, 2010 – 3:42 pm

Leo Hindery, Jr. is chair of the US Economy/Smart Globalization Initiative at the New America Foundation. He is the former chief executive of AT&T Broadband and other major media and telecom companies, and published this …

The New York Times Endorses a Financial Transaction Tax
January 28, 2010 – 10:05 am

In an editorial titled “Opposite of Bold,” the New York Times endorsed the Obama Administration’s proposal to levy a Financial Transaction Tax on banks:

Mr. Obama also must … embrace ways to pay for initiatives, such …

NYT: Restarting Financial Reform
January 25, 2010 – 11:08 am

The New York Times published this editorial supporting President Obama’s proposal to break up the big banks.  Here is an excerpt:
In calling for new limits on the size and activities of big banks, President Obama …